It has been suggested that highly social mammals, such as naked mole rats and humans,
are long-lived due to neoteny (the prolongation of youth). In both species, aging cannot …

The African mole-rat superfamily are a unique group of subterranean rodents that are
remarkable for their adaptations to a subterranean lifestyle and their range in sociality …

Noxious substances, called algogens, cause pain and are used as defensive weapons by
plants and stinging insects. We identified four previously unknown instances of algogen …

Here, we review comparative studies of African mole-rats (family Bathyergidae) to explain
how constraints acting at the ultimate (environmental) and proximate (organismal) levels …

The geobiotic history of landscapes can exhibit controls by tectonics over biotic evolution.
This causal relationship positions ecologically specialized species as biotic indicators to …

In order to evaluate the contribution of geological, environmental, and climatic changes to
the spatial distribution of genetic variation of Mastomys natalensis, we analysed cytochrome …

The naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber, of the family Bathyergidae is a subterranean
rodent that feeds on underground roots and tubers and digs extensive tunnel systems with …

Abstract (i) In 2015-2017 we compared possible reasons for longevity of two mammalian
highly social species, ie naked mole rats and humans. We proposed that in both cases …

During their evolutionary radiation, mammals have colonized diverse habitats. Arguably the
subterranean niche is the most inhospitable of these, characterized by reduced oxygen …

The naked mole-rat is a subterranean rodent lacking several pain behaviors found in
humans, rats, and mice. For example, nerve growth factor (NGF), an important mediator of …